Articles categorized under Computers

Create Virtual Hard Disks [Windows 7]

24 November 2009

Have you ever wished you had an extra Disk Drive to set aside your documents, files, etc.? This is one of the new features of Windows 7, that helps you create Virtual Disk Drives, similar to your Hard Disk drives. If you are not a Windows 7 user, you can always use TrueCrypt, a freeware [...]

Create Shortcut to ‘All Users’ view in Task Manager [Windows 7]

18 November 2009

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When you open the Task Manager in Windows 7, you’ll only be presented with processes that run under your user account, even if you are an administrator. The process list includes few System processes. And you’ll have to click the ‘Show processes from all users’ button every time to view all running processes and that’s [...]

Make System Restore use Less Drive Space [Windows 7]

18 November 2009

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System Restore is a part of your Windows Operating System that was debuted in Windows Millenium and helps recovering your files and settings from previous copies. But this can eat up your drive space, similar to Dr.Watson. If it eats up way too much of your hard disk space, here’s the solution for it. Tweaking [...]

Add ‘Open with Notepad’ to Context Menu

17 November 2009

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When I come across files with unknown extension, I prefer to open it with Notepad. The same when it comes to files like PHP, HTML, CSS and the likes. Adding a context menu option, to open with notepad, helps you quickly open up files without having to go through the long ‘Open with’ way, obviously [...]

Download 1-Year (3-user) License of McAfee VirusScan Plus + SiteAdvisor

11 November 2009

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McAfee, in association with VMware is giving away free One year Three-User License of McAfee VirusScan® Plus with SiteAdvisor (TM), which gives your computer complete security with Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, Firewall and Web Site Safety applications packed with it.

Block Spammers from Visiting your Site/Blog

30 September 2009

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Block Spammers from visiting your site/blog. A simple guide to block spammers with their IP address using cPanel or by editing .htaccess file or by a plugin for WordPress.